Dredging implement.



PATENTED APR. 23, 1907.

O. MCKINNEY- DREDGING IMPLEMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1906.

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In: NORRIS PETERS cm, WASHINGTON, o. 5

UNITED s ra rns ea rnnr OFFICE.

I/VILLIAM COURTNEY MCKINNEY,

OF NEIV BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA,

ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD SANITARY MFG. CO, OF PITTSBURG, PENN- SYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

DREDGING IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

To all whom it may 0011110111..-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM COURTNEY MCKINNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Brighton, in the county of 3 Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have in vented a new and useful Dredging Implement, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sitting implements employed in enameling and similar work, and

a termed in the art dredges.

" Aprincipal object of the invention is to provide an implement oi the character described which has means for carrying a considerable amount of enamel or coating mate rial, usually su'llicient for several pieces of work, in connection with a suitable device for applying the enamel or the like to the work.

The characteristics and advantages 01'' my c invention are hereinafter more fully set forth in connection with the accompanying drawing which illustrates an exemplifying structure in which the invention is embodied.

5 Figure 1 is a view of a dredge embodying my invention; and Fig. 2, a partial plan view of Fig. 1, showing the magazine or box with its cover removed.

1 is a tube of any suitable proportions, the

Work in which it is to be employed; 2, a

sieve placed at one end of the tube and con veniently formed of woven wire fabric of proper sized mesh, although other material may be employed.

The invention may be said to consist of a dredge for applying pulverized coating to normally inaccessible locations, comprising a relatively small-necked tube 1 capped by a sieve 2 at its delivery end and constituting a magazine or an auxiliary thereto.

In a great variety of enameled work, such as enameled iron work, dilllculty has been ex erienced in applying the enamel to cortam parts of the articles, such, for instance, as the overflows oi lavatories and similar locations which are dillicult of access.

The invention, in one of its simplest forms, may consist of the two parts above described. The tube l'is filled with the enamel or coating material, and because of its length may hold a sullicient quantity of the material to enamel several pieces of work.

In operation the sieve 2 is inserted into the part which it is desired to enamel, and the tube is vibrated by hammering with an implement, such as a rod, heldby the workman. This shakes the sieve, and the coating is deposited upon the work in the desired manner. Instead of the hand device the tube may, in some cases, be vibrated bymechanical m ians, but the exact method ol vibrating the tube is not essential.

In some cases it is desired to provide a magazine of greater capacity than is all'orded by the interior ol" the tube, in order to allow the implement to be used for a larger number of pieces of work, without stopping to re'lill. In such cases a magazine, such as the box 3, may be secured to the tube in any suitable manner. A passage 4 is provided leading from the box to the tube and the box may be filled with coating material, andwhen the 1 implement is in operation this material will pass from the box into the tube and out through the sieve in an obvious manner.

The invention, I believe, is broadly new with me, and I do not limit myself to the details shown and described. length depending upon the character of the Many variations may be made therein without depart ing from the spirit of the invention. Among other changes, instead of using the sieve as shown, the end of the tube may be suitably closed and provided with perforations through which the coating material may be shaken, securing practically the same result as by the use of the sieve.

\Vhat I claim is:

V A dredge -for applying pulverized coating, adapted to be inserted into normally inaccessible locations, con'iprising a relativelysmall-necked tube capped by a sieve at one end, and a magazine connected therewith.

In testimony whereof I have allixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses:

\VlhhIAlll COURTNEY MUKINNEY.

\Vitnesses:

JonN READ MINER, Cnas. W. BRADSHAW. 

